Sergeant Donald John Ross Wilson, Royal Air Force. He was a Regular airman and was lost on an Air Operation with 8 Squadron, R.A.F. on 5th August 1940 aged 24. He was the son of Alexander and Robertina Wilson of Yarrowfeus, Yarrow, Selkirkshire and is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial, Alamein, Egypt. The Squadron had …
Private James Struthers Ker, 6th ( Service ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in France on 31st March 1917 aged 20. He was the son of Peter and Helen Ker of Warrior’s Rest, Yarrow, Selkirkshire and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Arras, France. At that time the Battalion was in the …
Corporal Adam Henderson, D.C.M. 12th ( Ayr and Lanark Yeomanry ) Royal Scots Fusiliers. He died from wounds in Belgium during the ” Advance to Victory” on 1st November 1918 aged 24. He was the son of Ralph and Margaret Henderson of Mount Benger, Yarrow and is buried in Kezelberg Military Cemetery,, near Menin, Flanders, …
Private Thomas Turnbull, 1st/5th ( Territorial ) Battalion, Royal Scots. He was killed in action at Gallipoli, aged 23, on 4th June 1915. He was the stepson of Thomas Turnbull and son of Martha Turnbull of Springfield, Yarrow and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey. He had been employed as a joiner …
Private Alexander Amos, 9th ( Service) Battalion, Cameronians ( Scottish Rifles. He died from wounds, aged 26, on the 14th April 1917 in the 1st Canadian Casualty Clearing Station near Aubigny-en-Artois. He had been born in Ettrick and was the son of the late John Amos and Eliza Amos of Old Lewinshope, Yarrow and Nether …
Private Richard Lillico Turnbull, 1st/4th ( Border) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He died of wounds, aged 39, in Palestine on 20th April 1917 and is buried in Gaza War Cemetery, Gaza, Israel. He had been born in Selkirk and was the husband of Margaret Turnbull of Hangingshaw, Yarrow and Green Street, Galashiels. He had …
Lieutenant Edward John Howard Macildowie, 9th ( Service ) Battalion, ( Glasgow Highlanders), Highland Light Infantry. He was killed in action in France on 1st November 1916, aged 25, during the last stages of the Battle of the Somme. He was the son of C.M. and the late Rev. John Macildowie was a Ward of …
Private James Calder, 6th ( Territorial ) Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. He was killed in action in France on 9th April 1918, aged 39 during the German Spring Offensives on the River Lys. He had been born in Swinton, Berwickshire and was the son of Jessie and the late George Calder of Polwarth and Duns, Berwickshire …
